The lawsuits target comprehensive plans created and submitted by Mayor Steve Spinnett and City Council President Andrew Jackman. The Damascus City Council referred both to the May ballot, where they will be joined by a citizen-referred plan that was approved by the city's planning commission, but rejected by the council.

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue firefighters were dispatched to the 3400 block of Barrington Drive at 3:45 p.m. to investigate a report of a residential fire. Arriving firefighters found flames pouring from several parts of the four-bedroom, three-bath home.

Three stories published Thursday morning detail the story of a Clackamas County employee who was fired wrongfully by the director of the county Water Environmental Services department. One of the stories focused on a series of sole-source contracts director Mike Kuenzi handed out, which an auditor said was done improperly.